Hi I'm trying to find a LBS in the Cotswolds/South Glos/Bath/Bristol area that can cope with servicing my campagnolo equipped Bianchi. I've tried several bike shops and thus far none of them have done a great job. The trouble seems to be primarily with indexing the gears and adjusting the brakes as the bike inevitably comes back suffering from poor gear changes and, occasionally, with the brakes touching the rims - basic stuff you'd think! So far I've tried:

It's not a bike problem as I can readjust the brakes and sort out the indexing myself and it's fine, which makes me wonder why I bother paying for a service! I'm off to Majorca in March and have to get my bottom bracket replaced before I go and I don't want to be worrying about the quality of the job. Can anyone recommend an LBS for whom Campag isn't a foreign language please? Ta!

Have always had good service at Performance Cycles and it doesn't seem too expensive to me. They have fixed both my campag & shimano equipped bikes, including brakes, gear adjusting &, most recently, replaced a bottom bracket with no issues from me. My preference is to cycle my bike to them and wait whilst they carry out the repair.

My mate, Shane Dickinson, owns and runs Cytek in Stroud - his pride and joy is a Cervelo running Campag Super Record - worth giving him a call on 01453 753330 as Campagnolo is certainly NOT a foreign language to him ! He fitted ceramic bearings into my Wilier's Centaur BB over a year ago and I have had no problems.

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